Wednesday, October 3, 2012

With every tour or signing announcement, I always feel bad because there's a lot of places always left out. Just not outside the U.S., but some states that it just doesn't make sense for a publisher to send me to. There is always a lot of questions about signings and requests for me to come to certain areas after a signing is announced or a contest. Which by the way makes me all warm and fuzzy, because I am beyond flattered that anyone, anywhere would want to meet me.

But sometimes I get emails where people are really upset that a country or location is left off the list, sometimes at me, so I thought it would be good to address the issue of signings. Keep in mind, this is not the same for every author, but it's a pretty widespread practice.

1. I don't pick the places where I do a tour. Sometimes I have a say in it. Like with the Deity tour, I told the publisher I wanted one day I could spend in Salem. Yep, that's the extent of my control. The tour is almost always set up by the publisher and the author goes where they are told, because nine out of ten times, the publisher is paying for the tour and related expenses. While I'd love to hit up every state, a publisher isn't going to pay for something like that and I'd go bankrupt trying to fund something like that.

2. Events are totally different. Authors usually have to be invited to attend an event, like PAYA or YALLFest or they have to register to attend the event. And attending those events are not free usually. Some cost upwards of $500 or more for the author to take part in and most of the time the publisher doesn't pay for the event or the cost of traveling. A lot of authors, including me, foot those bills because some of the larger events like BEA and RT are well worth that kind of investment because you get to meat hundreds if not thousands of readers. So sometimes the reason why an author doesn't go to an event near you is because a) they weren't invited b) they didn't register in time to attend c) they have a book to write/deadline and therefore cannot attend.

3. Tours can cost a decent amount of the money. The publisher needs to have the expectation that they can recoup the loss through the tour or during and afterward through exposure. That's why you see a lot of author tours in big cities. It's all about markets. I'm sure they have a crazy complicated formula for it, but they target certain cities based on reading statistics, event participation, population, and a whole slew of other factors. For example, authors never EVER come to Martinsburg, West Virginia, because of all those factors. I live there and don't do signings there. The best advice I can say is keep an eye on your favorite author. They may not ever come to your town, but they may come to one that is pretty close.

4. Overseas. Here's the sad fact. Overseas tours are rare. For several reasons. Cost is a big thing and is probably the same reason why readers who live in Italy don't fly to Nashville for an author's signing. Also, if a book isn't sold into a foreign territorial, meaning that the foreign rights haven't sold to an Australian publisher or UK publisher for example, most likely an author won't do a signing there because the book isn't even being sold in that country. Usually international tours are done when a book becomes an international bestseller or really takes off in a country that it's being sold in. Trust me guys, I'd love to visit places overseas than I would in the US, but if the book isn't translated and/or sold in that country, it's probably not going to happen.

Here are the countries that are selling or will be selling my books:

Daimon- Turkey and Spain

Half-Blood- Spain, Turkey, Germany

Pure- Spain, Turkey, Germany

Deity- Turkey

Lux Series

Obsidian- Spain, Romania, Turkey,
Hungary, France

Onyx-- France

Opal-- France

Tempting the Best Man- Greece, France

Tempting the Player- France

Tempting the Bodyguard- France

Don't Look Back- Israel, Serbia

The Daemon Invasion contest is the exception to the rule. We are letting the fans choose where a signing will be, but I'd be smart about it. If you know your town is small but you live near a bigger city, go with that bigger city due to the amount of votes it could receive. You have a better chance at winning. =)

I hope that clears up some signing and event questions.I can tell you that next year I will be at St. Augustine Florida Olde City New Blood conference, RT in Kansas City, and BEA in NYC. That's what I'm scheduled to attend so far. That will be added to, but just to give you an idea.

I've gotten the winners from the "I'm Cursed" contest. First I want to say there were some really great entries and the team reading the posts had a really hard time deciding on the top three. I did not pick the winners, but I did read over the entries. The team was looking for the most creative method and I think they settled on three that really fit that requirement. I also want to thank those who were patient. The contest ended on the 25th and then I had to give time for people to read the entries. With the kind of prizes involved, they really wanted the time to make sure they were giving everyone a fair shot.

Winners need to email me at jenniferlarmentrout(at)live(dot)com

1st place needs to let me know if they want the Nook or the Kindle

2md place needs to email me their full name and address

3rd place needs to email me their name to be used in the 4th Lux novel

1st Place

Winner of the Nook or Kindle

Ashley Wyckoff-

Answer: How would you find a way to touch a person you loved if your touch
killed?The obvious answer to this question would be to wear gloves or some
other sort of barrier. You could also say there are other ways to touch someone
besides physically like emotionally, but neither of those things get you actual
skin to skin contact. For that you need to open up your mind more.The best
thing to do would be to find a cure for the curse but you can’t just go to any
doctor for that. You can go to a fairy though. Fairies are quite smart they
could create an exlir that can either make him immune or to cure her. The only
problem is fairies are very cunning and you need to have something they want or
know their name to get them to work with you.You can also find a vampire.
Then have the vampire turn him into a vampire so he is now immune to her touch
or turn her into a vampire so that her curse is gone. Now all you have to do is
control your thirst.If you don’t want to use any mythical creatures you can
go about it a more scientific way. The first thing you need to do is learn how
the curse works. This may be too difficult to do so start with small things. How
does it kill the person? Is it only skin that causes it to happen or is saliva
or blood involved?This was an interesting question I hope I answer it
uniquely enough

*thinking outside of the box... or the gloves*

2nd Place

Winner of the swag pack

Heather

Answer: Excellent question, especially since
touch is important not just to humans but lots of other species as
well...There's the usual stuff like wear clothing, use other objects--like a
back scratcher for example, breathe/blow on them, use that spray on silicone
that helps you hide your finger prints...uh..I mean...But those all include
barriers and the only thing I could think of was super far out there and nerdy.
So I'm just gonna let my nerd flag fly and say I keep thinking back to the Star
Trek movie where the Borg give Data the "skin" so that he's able to feel touch.
You know the one I'm talking about? Where they attach the skin to him and his
super brain registers the sensations as feelings and for .0005 nano seconds he
actually thinks about joining the Borg because it feels so good? You know, THIS
scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_HSYB3EPNk ANYWAY, that's what I'd do.
NO, not become Borg. Sheesh. I'd have to either become Data, get me an emotion
chip and graft on some skin or become a nun. No way I could live with the fam
and not touch them :)

*nerd flag fly (giggles*

3rd Place

Name as a character in 4th Lux book Lyla-Answer: I would create a phone app for that. You know there's apps for everything, why
not to touch someone? Haha.

*I'm pretty sure everyone laughed out loud at that*

Some honorable mentions:

Someone said call Chuck Norris. LMAO. Another said touch in a pool of pudding. Giggles. And phone sex was a great answer. So were the druids, but we had a lot of witch-type responses.

Congrats to the winners!

Now I have one more thing to give away. The winner of the Opal ARC from the cover reveal.

Winner must email their full name and address to soneale(at)entangledpublishing(dot)com Keep in mind, Opal ARCs are not available yet.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Nominate Your City for the OPAL Release Party!

The hottest alien returns to America.
But where? YOU DECIDE!

Create
a video, take a picture, write a blog post, or whatever you can come up
with to grab our attention and let us know why you feel your city should host the Daemon Invasion OPAL Release Party.On
November 3rd, we’ll choose the top 5 cities and put it to a vote for
all the fans to decide the final city in which we’ll host the OPAL
Release Party with Jennifer L. Armentrout and… Daemon! That’s
right, the model who portrays Daemon on the covers of The Lux Series,
Pepe Toth, will be joining us for an exciting launch party at hopefully a
bookstore near you!

How to Nominate Your City:

1. Create your best content explaining why we should come there!
We want to see you get CREATIVE. Really grab our attention. Don’t just
link us to your city’s website… Take a picture of fifteen Super Fans
laying on the state capital’s lawn wearing Daemon Invasion T-shirts.
Create “Nominate Our City” flyers and hand them out at your local
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city isn’t picked. Take a picture of your school locker covered in The
Lux Series’ book covers. Show us why you’re a Super Fan, and we should
come to YOUR city first!
2. Fill out the simple form on this page. It’s only three fields. We know you can do it.
3. Tweet the nomination. Don’t forget this step!
Remember, it’s not just about how crazy you get , but you’ve also got to
catch our attention! The tweet must include the city you want to
nominate, a link to your nomination plus the hashtag “#daemoninvasion”.
Make sure your submission is as creative as possible and most
importantly include why your city would be ideal for us to host the next
Daemon Invasion and Release Party for OPAL. We will choose the five
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Monday, October 1, 2012

I've got some really exciting news that I've been sitting on for a while. Well, for like a couple of months, but I finally get to share the rough form of the PW announcement which should be going live very soon, so YAY!

USA Today bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout's adult novel
OBSESSION, which takes place in the world of the YA series THE LUX, in
which a young woman discovers an alien race is behind her best friend's
death, making her their next target, and must rely on a sexy,
domineering stranger to protect her, who turns out to be the biggest
threat of them all - an Arum, to Liz Pelletier at Entangled, for publication in spring 2013 (world) by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency

Eeep!

What can I tell you about Obsession?

An Arum. Yes. You read that right.

Obsession does take place in the same world that Katy and Daemon inhabit,

Obsession is more mature, definitely targeted toward the older crowd. It's an adult romance, so you know what that means.
Obsession will change what you think you know about the Luxens and Arums.

There will be some crossover with certain characters from the Lux Series.

Obsession takes place in-between Opal and the 4th Lux novel, which is called Origin (special thanks to the twitter follower who suggested that title.)
Some of you may even remember a tease I did a couple of months ago. Hunter and Serena are the lead characters in Obsession. Click HERE to see the tease and HERE
Hunter is a true alpha male and is one of my favorite characters I've ever written. He's like Daemon and Seth rolled into one. Totally no holds bars. Hunter is... well, he's Hunter.
You don't have to read the Lux Series to read Obsession
And if you enjoyed Obsidian and Daemon, well, I think you're going to enjoy Obsession.

Obsession is slated for March 2013 release date from Entangled and currently a standalone.

Also, I know a lot of you are waiting to hear about the awesome contest. We are waiting for Entangled to give the go ahead.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

I'm so excited to announce that I will be going on tour for the release of Deity, and I'll have some very special guests with me!

Tour stops:

Tuesday November 6th, 2012

Burlington Barnes and Noble

Burlington, MA

7:00pm

Special Guest: Leigh Fallon author of Carrier of the Mark

Thursday November 8th, 2012

Barrington Books

Barrington, RI

6:30pm

Friday November 9th, 2012

Yale Bookstore

New Haven, CT

5:00pm

Special Guest: Kate Kaynak author of Minder

Saturday November 10th, 2012

The Voracious Reader

Larchmont, NY

4:00pm

Special Guest: Kristi Cook author of Haven and Mirage

Amalie Howard author of Bloodspell

I hope to see some of you guys!

This isn't the only tour I'll be going on this year. Remember the comment about checking out my blog on October 1st? There's a very special contest coming.

In the next year or so, I do plan on doing a bigger tour that covers most of the US, but right now, I have a lot of books to write (you will be hearing about one of those very, very soon), and need time to actually write them. Giggles.

Don't forget I'll be at the Baltimore Book Festival this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Monday, September 24, 2012

I will be at the Baltimore Book Festival this weekend. You can see me at the below panels. (Click on the pic to go to the website to see listing of authors, directions and events! I'll also be hanging around.

Maryland Romance Writer's Stage

Friday September 28

12:00pm Author Meet and Greet

Each of these events feature giveaways and raffles. Books will be onsite to be purchased.

2:00pm ON WRITING YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE SERIES

Jennifer
L. Armentrout, Claudia Gabel, Lea Nolan, Jeri Smith-Ready

Giveaways/Raffles

Saturday September 29, 2012

12:00pm TRENDS AND READINGS
IN YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE

Jennifer L. Armentrout,

Em Garner

Cheryl Klam,

Alethea Kontis,

Lea Nolan

Leanna Renee Hieber

Sunday September 30, 2012

2:00pm WRITING FUNNY AND
ROMANTIC

Debra
Anastasia

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Christi Barth

Stephanie Draven

Patricia
Eimer

I will read a scene from Opal during one of these panels. =D

While I was in New York, I did a quick interview about writing and the Lux Series. Check it out.

Hey There!

USA TODAY BESTSELLING Author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you've heard about her state aren't true. When she's not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russel Loki. Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories....which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She also writes adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is the author of the COVENANT Series (Spencer Hill Press), the LUX Series (Entangled Publishing), and the upcoming YA contemporary mystery/thrillers DON'T LOOK BACK (Disney/Hyperion Spring 2014) and yet untitled book (Disney/Hyperion tentative Fall 2014).